Section 4. Findings Food and canteen 4.35 Our survey of children in custody indicated that less than one-third (32%) believed that the food they received was good. This varied between establishments: Medway was the only establishment in which over half of children (59%) found the food to be very or quite good, whereas only one in 10 (10%) respondents said this at Parc. Figure 10: Is the food here very or quite good? 4.36 In addition to the quality of the food, we also asked children about the quantity of food they received. Overall, just 37% of children said that they got enough to eat at mealtimes always or most of the time. This again varied between establishments, from only 23% of children at Parc to 43% at Wetherby, the Keppel unit and Medway. Figure 11: Do you get enough to eat at mealtimes always/most of the time? 4.37 30 In STCs and YOIs, children can purchase products from the shop or canteen. While overall, more than half (56%) of children said that the shop/canteen sold the things they needed, a Children in Custody 2018–19

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